Improvement in adjustable sheds



uird Sttte atout @til-lim* Letters Patent No. 104,142, dated .Tune 14, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN' ADJUSTABLE SEEDS. MH

The Schedule referred tro these Letters Patent and making part' of the same.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIVSL. HALL, of Oneida, in the county of Madison and State of New York,

lhave invented a-usefnl Improvement in Adjustable accompanying drawing forming part o't'` this speci- Figure 1 represents a vertical transverse section ot' my improved adjustable' shed.-

Figure 2 is a similar view of the same, showing the leaves swung into a vertical position.

Figure 3 is a similar view' oi`- the same, showing. all of the-leaves swung into an inclined position, but parallel to each other.

Figure 4 is a detail face view of the'V contiguous portions of two leaves.

Figure 5 is alongitudinal section of the same, taken on the plane of the line a: x, iig. 4.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to anew manner of hanging the protecting leaves of field and garden-sheds, and the roofs of equivalent structures, with a View of allowing their adjustment in every direction for letting the rays' of light pass through from either side. The

shed-roof or root', however, when adjusted as such, will be water-tight and reliable.v

The roof of a shed is formed by leaves A A, which are made in sections, each section being hinged to a post, B, or other fixed support.-

:The section of each row or line of leaves are all of v equal length vertically.

, lhe several rows must, in order to form a roof, be set against'each other in the manner clearly. shown in Iig. 1. v

`A water-trongh, C, is secured to' the lower end of -one of a pair of contiguous rows, and held under both lower ends, as shown, to catch the rain-water, the trough being sufficiently inclined to carry the water off in a suitable direction.

Projecting ribs, a, are formed at the overlapping upper ends of every otlier-1o\v, to make afwater-.t-ight ridge.

The joints between the several tight by means of flanges b b, which project from the edges of the sections. Each ange b is half as long as itssecton.

The anges at the contiguous edges are set to opposite ends of their respective sections, as shown in tig. 4; their inner' ends are'beveled to overlap each other, as in fig. 5.

These Bauges, fitting under the contiguous sections, form double layers, through which the water cannot pass.

When the light is to be admitted through the root', Y from either side, the leaves can be .swung parallel toA each other in either direction, Ias in iig. 3, or entirely vert-ical, -as in iig. 2. In either' case the leaves are looked to pins, c, that projectfrom the posts, by means of pivoted levers I), or equivalent devices.

For horticultural purposes, especially, this invention will be particularly useful, although it can also be applied to other suitable purposes,- such as the covering of bricks, tiles,

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure Witnesses: Gno. Munn,

ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

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